skippy the bush kangaroo

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

state of the dictatorship speech

brad friedman says cnn is reporting that cindy sheehan, who was invited to the sotu address, was arrested inside the capitol building.

the brad blog has confirmed the arrest moments ago with david swanson of afterdowningstreet.org.

according to swanson, sheehan was "arrested for wearing the shirt she was wearing all day, which had the number of u.s. troops killed in iraq...she was lifted out of her seat [in the capitol chamber gallery] by the capitol police and taken away."

swanson told the brad blog moment ago that sheehan is "now under arrest and lockup by capitol police." he confirmed that moments ago with gael murphy, a co-founder of codepink, an organization which has been working sheehan. murphy spoke by cell with sheehan after the arrest, and they are currently arranging for an attorney for her.

posted by skippy at 6:35 PM |